Information for international students 2020-2021 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SERVICE | VICE-RECTORSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Welcome It is our pleasure to welcome you to our University which is 8 centuries old (1218-2018), and we hope that you will enjoy your stay and the instruction you are going to receive in Salamanca or, in the event, at the campuses in Ávila, Béjar, Villamayor and Zamora. This may be your first visit to Spain and specifically to Salamanca and its University centres and we are sure you must have many questions. One of the objectives of this guide is to answer some of them before you arrive in order to ease your integration into academic life here. In the following pages you will find a general description of our University, some practical advice which will be of use before leaving your own country, and information about your arrival in Salamanca, university services, as well as addresses of interest. D. Efrem Yildiz Sadak Vice-Rector for International Relations The city of Salamanca offers a broad variety of cultural activities, which we hope you will enjoy. This edition of “Information for Foreign Students We also hope that you will find this information useful. Please don’t in International Mobility Programs” forget that we are always at your service to help you of the University of Salamanca and to facilitate your participation in our intense academic was financed by the European Commission. and cultural life. Legal deposit: Realization: International Relations Service, Vice-rectorship for International Relations. Design and layout: Digital Production and Innovation Service, University of Salamanca. Information for students in international mobility programs This brochure is addressed to all foreign students who are going to study at the University of Salamanca during the academic year 2020-2021 within the framework of international mobility programs managed by our Office of International Relations. Firstly, you will find general information that can be useful for any foreign student coming to study here. We recommend that you read this information carefully, since here you will find the answers to many of the questions you may have. Further on, you will find specific information for the Erasmus Program, the Exchange Grants with Foreign Universities Program and the Agreement Program. It is very important that you find out at your own university exactly which program you are in, since the forms to be filled in and the specific information included in this brochure are different for each program. A.- General information A.1.- The University of Salamanca A.1.1.- Data Sheet A.1.2.- History A.1.3.- Location A.2.- Practical information A.2.1.- Before arriving in Salamanca A.2.1.1.- Student Visa A.2.1.2.- Health and repatriation insurance A.2.2.- Accommodation A.2.3.- How to get to the University of Salamanca A.2.4.- Otther information of interest A.2.4.1.- Climate A.2.4.2.- General cost of living and currency A.2.4.3.- Bank accounts A.2.4.4.- Public transport Index A.3.- Academic information A.3.1.- University centres and International Coordinators A.3.2.- Academic calendar A.3.3.- Study plans A.3.4.- Student card A.4.- University Services A.4.1.- University Guidance Office A.4.2.- Social Affairs Service A.4.3.- Dining and Residence Halls A.4.4.- Libraries A.4.5.- Computers Rooms A.4.6.- Physical Education and Sports Service A.4.7.- Cultural Activities Service B.- Specific information B.1.- Erasmus program B.2.- Exchange grants B.3.- Agreements program General information A.1 University of Salamanca 10 | General information General information | 11 A.1.1 A.1.3 Data sheet Location The University of Salamanca has Centres in different towns: Ávila, Béjar, Salamanca, Villamayor and Zamora. Institution UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA Most Centres are located in the city of Salamanca, which has a population of more than 150,000. At a distance Country SPAIN of 200 km from Madrid, Salamanca is a dynamic and open city, a true university town. The university centres in Salamanca are located in different parts of town: some are in the Old Quarter Web site www.usal.es and others in peripheral areas situated at about 20 minutes’ walk from the city centre. Vice-Rector for International Relations D. EFREM YILDIZ SADAK Department in charge Office of International Relations Benedicto XVI, 22, 1ª Planta (Casa del Bedel) Address 37008 Salamanca - España Telephone +34 923 29 44 26 Web site http://rel-int.usal.es E-mail [email protected] 1 - SALAMANCA Director of the Office of International Relations D.ª M.ª Teresa Hernández Gallego 2 - ÁVILA 3 - BÉJAR 4 - VILLAMAYOR 5 - ZAMORA A.1.2 History Universitas Studii Salmanticensis The University of Salamanca, founded in 1218 by King Alphonsus IX of León, is one of the oldest universities in Europe and has been an academic point of reference throughout its almost 800 years of existence, Calle Cervantes Edificio OFFICE OF Peueas taking in uncountable generations of students from all parts of the globe. Rúa Mayor Calle Meléndez INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Calle San Pablo The University reached its maximum splendour in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when it became the centre Calle de la Compañia C/ Benedicto XVl, 22. 1ª Planta AA (Casa del Bedel) of a worldwide debate on human rights. Its Senate argued about Columbus’s project, and once America Facultad de Geografía A ONCA e Historia 37008, Salamanca had been discovered, it argued about the right of indigenous peoples to have their rights fully recognized PAACIO España It also had among its students what were probably the first women university students in the world, ONGRESOS Rúa Antigua AA one of whom was the first to teach in a university. COLÓN Calle Palominos Rúa Mayor Calle Serranos Today the University of Salamanca upholds its academic and research excellence, and together Calle Traviesa Edificio San Bartolomé Facultad with other European universities is in a process of adapting its teachings to the new “European Higher Education Area”, de Traducción y Documentación which seeks to place the student at the centre of learning. Facultad de Filología PATIO DE ESCUELAS AYORES UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAANCA AA 25 centers AAYA Calle San Pablo San Calle 30.000 students Calle Benedicto XVI Calle Libreros AA AY AA 574 oficial degrees offered L ÓN NUEVA 9.000 foreign students Edificio Trilingüe AA Biblioteca VIEJA 2.612 academic staff Abraham +600 agreements JA Zacut A CED signed foreign universities General information A.2 Practical information 14 | General information General information | 15 A.2.1 2.1.2. Health and mobility insurance Before arriving in Salamanca · All foreign students participating in international mobility programmes are obliged to purchase the mobility insurance policy of the University of Salamanca, regardless of the requirements of their own university 2.1.1. Students visa in this matter. This insurance can be obtained by each student directly at the following website: A) The following students do not need a student visa https://www.erv.es/EOS/agregadorflotante?lang=es&u=vVmCaj8k35sQwThuVvgmjg%3D%3D&p= · Students who are citizens of any of the member States of the European Union. K2w8Hnc2kKA%3D&numPoliza=07631000394 · Students who are citizens of any country that has ratified the agreement of the free circulation · Proof that you are processing this insurance is an essential requirement for obtaining the letter of citizens (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland). of acceptance that allows you to enrol in this University. This may be done by sending a scanned copy of the receipt to the email address of the corresponding programme, or a photocopy by post · For stays of less than 90 days (3 months), the citizens of countries on the common list to the following address: of Third Countries whose citizens are not required to have a visa for member States: Servicio de Relaciones Internacionales, Benedicto XVI 22, 1ª planta, 37008 Salamanca (España). http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Portal/es/ServiciosAlCiudadano/InformacionParaExtranjeros/Documents/ listapaisesvisado.pdf · Each student must also verify in their own country all the obligations and/or conditions relating to health care in Spain. B) A visa is necessary for all those students from non-EU countries who plan to reside in Spain for more than 3 months. A student visa to enter and legally remain in Spain must be applied for at the Spanish Embassy or Consulate in the student’s country of origin or residence. DEPENDING ON THE DURATION OF THE STAY, THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF STUDENT VISAS: A.2.2 · Student visa for a maximum of 180 days. Students cannot ask for a visa extension. Accommodation · Long term visa for studies lasting longer than 180 days. Within a month of your entry into Spain You may reserve lodgings before your arrival or after you have reached the city. you must apply for an authorization for a study stay (AUTORIZACIÓN DE ESTANCIA POR ESTUDIOS) at the Office for Foreigners in the Salamanca Police Station. This visa can be extended for as long as you · Accommodation in University of Salamanca residence halls. The deadline for reserving a place usually ends are registered at the University. at the beginning of July. For detailed information go to: Students planning to study for more than a semester at the University of Salamanca should apply for a long term visa. www.usal.es/colegios-residencias · Accommodation in shared flats, with a family, private student residence halls, etc. Information is available on STUDENT VISA APPLICATION: the web site of the University Guidance Office (Servicio de Promoción, Información y Orientación): The Office of International Relations of the University of Salamanca will send a letter of acceptance to your university http://spio.usal.es/alojamiento which is needed in order to apply for the student visa before coming to Spain.